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The Arkansas Advocate
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
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In Halifax, Nova Scotia, witnesses including John Parker, John Rogers, and Archibald Scott observed swarms of red crimson insects flying in sheets like comets from west to east, about 25-30 feet above ground, for over 20 minutes yesterday evening.
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Extraordinary Phenomena.—Yesterday Mr. John Parker, Mr. John Rogers, Mr. Archibald Scott, and several other persons, being at the Three-Mile House, observed something in the air, which they at first took to be mist or fog, but as the evening was very clear they were induced to take more notice of it, and by holding their hands above the eyes, so as to exclude the rays of the sun, they could distinctly see bodies of insects, apparently of a red crimson color. They were in sheets with trains after them, resembling that of a comet, each sheet of these insects appeared by itself, and they were moving in a direction from west to east, about 25 or 30 feet from the earth, and at least 20 yards in width, following each other in flocks like pigeons: they observed the passage of those insects for more than 20 minutes, the sun at the time being more than one hour high.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Yesterday
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Mr. John Parker, Mr. John Rogers, Mr. Archibald Scott, and several other persons at the Three-Mile House observed bodies of red crimson insects in the air, initially mistaken for mist or fog. The evening was clear, and by shielding their eyes from the sun, they saw the insects moving in sheets with comet-like trains, each sheet separate, from west to east, 25 or 30 feet from the earth, at least 20 yards wide, in flocks like pigeons. The observation lasted more than 20 minutes with the sun over one hour high.